KUALA LUMPUR - WASHINGTON has strongly refuted all allegations of a cover-up in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
As discussions, including on social media, on United States purported role behind the Boeing jetliner going missing continue to swirl, Washington, through its embassy here, said that they were all "baseless conspiracy theories".
The US Embassy here, in an email to the New Straits Times, said claims that MH370 was hidden somewhere in its island military base, Diego Garcia, were also wild allegations.
"This is a baseless conspiracy theory that has already been debunked around the world, and the White House Press Secretary specifically addressed this on March 18," said the embassy's press attaché Harvey Sernovitz.
A popular theory was that American Philip Woods, who was on board the plane, had posted a picture of his whereabouts from his phone, the location of which was later purportedly traced to Diego Garcia.
Washington also addressed allegations that logs at Diego Garcia from March 8 to 10, had been wiped clean.
"These reports are completely false. MH370 did not land in Diego Garcia. This is a baseless conspiracy theory."
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Sernovitz said his government also denied that they had withheld information from Kuala Lumpur that could help with investigations. Washington, he said, was in fact among the first to respond to the Kuala Lumpur-led search and rescue mission.
"This is another conspiracy theory, also untrue. US experts, both from the US government and from Boeing and other companies, were the first to arrive, and their contributions have been critical to the search.
"I encourage you to ask the Malaysian government to describe the assistance it has received from the US government and companies.
"In the meantime, we continue to provide all relevant technical, investigative and search and recovery support as requested by the government of Malaysia. We will continue to share information and analyses about MH370."
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The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration vessel ‘Hai Xin 01’ as seen on Sunday from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean as the search continues for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Commenting on allegations hurled against Malaysia that it had been holding back information, he said, "This is a difficult search and investigation from a technical perspective and, in many ways, is a one-of-a-kind event in aviation history.
"Our focus has always been to work with the Malaysian government to locate the aircraft and provide technical and investigative assistance as requested by the Malaysian government.
"Under the coordinating efforts of Malaysia and Australia, the US Navy's 7th Fleet is working alongside 26 other nations to locate the aircraft based on areas identified by Malaysian and international experts." - NST
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